Parkview High School - Spirit Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Voting S32 To vote or' not to vote ,,,.4nv 'M I Signing up. Voter registration takes over the donut table during the first weeks of school. In the world of grown-ups and in the world of Patriots, voting has been a responsibility and a privilege, but that doesn't mean everyone voted. To vote, registration was a prere- quisite. Fifty-four percent of almost 1,600 Patriots registered to vote in September. Forty-eight percent of the seniors, who would vote in state elections, were registered. Of the junior class 49 percent registered to vote. I registered because I think my vote counts, said junior Cami Steidle. Sixty-three per- cent of the sophomore class register- ed, but an anonymous sophomore said that registering was an inconven- ience and voting could be left up to others. Only 57 percent of the registered voters actually voted in the first election of the year. Of the registered voters in the senior class, 62 percent cast votes. Eighty-one percent of the registered juniors voted. In the Persuasive sign language. Sophomore Laurie Sutton helps with the campaign of Susan Bates by putting up posters. sophomore class, 36 percent of those registered voted in September. To not vote, avoiding the registra- tion tables was necessary. All com- plaints had to be surpressed. Sheila Holder said, I vote so that I can complain if I want to. Campaigning for friends and plastering the body with Vote for buttons was rather two-faced. Long before election day, prepara- tions began. The first step was to register to vote. The next thing was to decide to run for office. Then came the decision of which office to run for. A letter of intent had to be completed. Suddenly, it was election day. The results were in, and the signs were down. Life, with or without an office, was resumed. Eany-meany-mlny-mo. The wait in long lines at the polls was, for some, a time for last minute decisions. -jf? f- lf! 'if M 1 W I s H' ,, 4-1, +L.. if me J. .Q V' .3-args' r , .- in fifglswiifin ' I I K' ,j 2 1. -' I

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troubles Custom Crunch. Carelessness along with having a little fun often lead to the wrecking yar . SWF' A- ' if j Flat tires, rundown batteries, no power steering and failing brakes bounded automobile owners and of- ten meant using the two legged vehicle, the feet. Cars are machines and people run machines. lf you don't take care of it, your car will go bad, said junior Byron Dillard. Sophomore Carnel Finley said, They don't make cars good any more. New cars are not put together with the best materials, and they're put together too fast. You start having car trouble after your warranty is up. Flat tires were the most usual car trouble. Lawrencetta Dixon, a campus supervisor, said, You can make new friends when you have flat tires, as long as it's not raining. lf you have a car, you should know how to change a flat, Alvin Pittman said. Jumping cables were often used to revive dead batteries when lights were left on by accident, especially when daylight savings time made it still dark at 7:30 a.m. Cars are so much trouble, we should all use our feet and bikes more, Miss Wanda Jarvis, practice teacher, said. Pinchlng pennies. Junior Jay Atkins saves money by putting his own oil in his car. Student Life

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